Puerto Drummond coal port

The Puerto Drummond coal terminal is located approximately 10 km from Cienaga, Colombia. The port is owned by Drummond which describes the port as being a "deep-water ocean port on the Caribbean Sea near Santa Marta."

Coal from the Drummond's La Loma mine and its El Descanso mine is exported from Puerto Drummond. The LBH Group, a shipping agent which operates at the port, states that there is a "circular railway, discharging wagons and a mechanical coal stocker. Loading is done with barges which are loaded alongside a pier then shuttled to the mooring buoy systems (7 in total) where the coal is loaded unto vessels moored at about 4 to 6 NM from the coastline."

The company stated in August 2010 that it planned to expand production from the El Descanso mine from its "current capacity of 3 million tonnes per year to 25 million tonnes per year over the next three years." The company also stated that this would require the expansion of the Puerto Drummond coal port which handles coal from both El Descanso mine and the company's La Loma mine. In a media release the company stated that it has "committed to the government to build a direct ship loader" at Puerto Drummond.

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